Last Friday and Saturday of the long ANZAC weekend our bowlers Noel Waite and pairs partner Brendan Gallagher were to do the Club and themselves very proud.

In trying conditions during the Champions week on both Friday and Saturday they took on the best of the Open Victorian Pairs competitors and were in the State final when they unfortunately met their match.

“Affectionately dubbed 'The Walrus and The Pup', Waite and Gallagher collected a five on the final end of their first round encounter against Chalambar's Roger Young and Gary Todd to win, then claimed victory by the narrowest of margins when Waite drew a front toucher with the last delivery of their quarter final battle against John Simmonds and Graeme Pope from Yarra Glen.

Equally heroic was their two-shot semi final win over Wangaratta's Ian Brimblecombe and Robert Mitchell after trailing 6-14 with six ends to travel. A count of five on the 13th, followed by successive three's at 15 and 16, were interspersed by a single to the Wangaratta duo on the 14th. A single to Brimblecombe and Mitchell on the penultimate end made for dramatic viewing as the last end of the eliminator unfolded, and it was young Gallagher, who has impressed everyone with his ability and spotless demeanour, who planted the winning shot just millimetres from the jack.”

“In a withering burst of scoring in the second half of the final has seen Bundoora RSL's Nick McIntyre and Mario Cipolla claim victory in this year's Victorian Pairs Championship at Darebin City Bowls Club.

It was an amazing turnaround they defeated sentimental favourites Noel Waite and Brendan Gallagher from Auburn 20-13 in the 18-end final”

As you can see the Coach (Walrus) his protégée (Brendan) and the Auburn Club have again made their mark and we look forward to more exciting happenings next season.

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